The video installation RIVERSIDE shows a
cruise along the Nile River between Luxor and Aswan in a constant speed. Through different distances between the images and the camera, the spatial depth of the picture is changed. Close subjects
pull over quickly – more distant subjects have a longer residence time in the picture. The concentration of the crop on the landscape passing by without a defined reference points, such as the
water surface or parts of the ship, releases the viewer from the real shooting situation. Is the observer moving, or is it the countryside that’s moving? Space and time become relative and
reversible. The ever-recurring, timelessness shapes the landscape of Egypt, and it seems as if the nature and lifestyle of the people have not changed for thousands of years. But in recent
decades, the age-old habits have changed more rapidly and significantly than in any previous period. The video shows the narrow, fertile area along the Nile, which is becoming a desert further
south by the effects of the Aswan Dam.﻿